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N.J. highlights Age Friendly Blueprint, details 38 grantees and technical support
Summary
New Jersey—s Department of Human Services reviewed its Age Friendly Blueprint, announced technical assistance from Rutgers, and described a grant program that awarded 38 community planning and project grants (community grants up to $70,000; project grants up to $100,000) to support local age-friendly initiatives.
The New Jersey Department of Human Services on Friday presented progress from its Age Friendly Blueprint and described a grant program supporting communities to plan and pilot projects for older residents.
"Now is the time to reframe and desigmatize aging," Commissioner Sarah Edelman said in opening remarks, praising the advisory council and partners who helped develop the blueprint after Governor Phil Murphy signed Executive Order 27 on March 2, 2021, establishing the Age Friendly Advisory Council within DHS.
Melissa Chalker, deputy division director for the Division of Aging Services, outlined the sequence of work that led to the blueprint—s publication in May 2024 and then to the grant program the department funded with American Rescue Plan funds. Hunter Maine of the Division…
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